5.4.2 PTR Patch Notes - December 5, WoD Group Finder Clarifications

Blizzard updated the 5.4.2 PTR Patch Notes with some fixes to 오그리마 공성전 encounters. is also now affected by healing debuffs, and Winter Veil toys that can attack each other like the 꼬마비행선 조종기 and upcoming 우당탕 쿠당탕 꼬마비행선 조종기 can now fight it out in Sanctuary areas, like Shattrath.

CM Lore also posted a lengthy clarification on the difference between the cross-realm functionality coming to the existing Raid Browser tool in 5.4.2 and the completely new Group Finder feature coming in 6.0.

The cross-realm raid finder coming in 5.4.2 allows players to queue Siege of Orgrimmar flex raids and world bosses cross-realm.

The Group Finder coming in 6.0 will let players create cross-realm groups for pretty much anything, not just raids. It will also not be buried in the UI, like the Raid Finder tool.

You can read more about the cross-realm raid browser, which is testable on the PTR, here.

Click the cut to read the new patch notes and group finder clarifications!

Resolved a situation that may cause demolition NPCs to stop opening the door to one of the towers.

Paragons of the Klaxxi

Resolved an issue where players may fail to gain 무리지기 히세크's special ability if they were in the middle of casting a spell while interacting with his corpse.

Items

Players are now able to mail account-bound items to other characters that reside on a different realm on the same account. To send cross-realm mail: enter the character's name, followed by a hyphen "-", followed by the realm name. Note that cross-realm mail can only send account-bound items, not other items or gold.

Additional information and testing discussion for this cross-realm mail can be found in this thread on the PTR Discussion forum.

우당탕 쿠당탕 꼬마비행선 조종기s should now be able to damage each other while in a sanctuary area.꼬마비행선s should now be able to damage each other while in a sanctuary area.UI

The Customer Support button has moved. Customer support can now be reached in-game by selecting Help option through the Game Menu (Game Menu is bound to the Escape key by default).

Bug Fixes

Resolved an issue that caused players to not receive credit towards the Drop It! and Drop It Now! achievements.

WoD Group Finder

Lore

Since we're still seeing some confusion about the Group Finder, let me try to clear up what I can:

There are two completely separate developments going on here. One is the cross-realm functionality being added to our existing Raid Browser in patch 5.4.2. This is totally unrelated to the new Group Finder we announced at Blizzcon. Basically, we discovered that we could pretty easily add cross-realm browsing to the Raid Browser for 5.4 content, so we've done that in 5.4.2.

6.0's Group Finder is an entirely different thing being built from scratch. It'll allow you to find or create groups for basically any content you can think of, be it raids, dungeons, PvP, questing... heck, you could start a group for running laps in Dalaran if you wanted. It also won't be hidden away someplace that the majority of the playerbase won't notice -- it's gonna be a lot more front-and-center.

A lot of players are drawing parallels between our new Group Finder and the oQueue addon, and that's a perfectly valid comparison. We've been thrilled to see how people have taken to oQueue for finding organized groups, especially in 5.4, and feel that's the sort of thing that the game really should be providing to all players. We're not trying to "kill oQueue"; in fact, a lot of us use it ourselves. We just think that cross-realm group finding should really be part of the core game.do you thinking having everyone on each other friend's list is how Blizzard is going to implement it?

The 6.0 Group Finder will not rely on BattleTags or RealID to form groups, no. Of course, you're more than welcome to share that information yourself with players you meet, and make new friends!

If I'm taking you out of context I deeply apologize Lore, but are you saying Blizzard is alright for the time being with us using Open-Que? I ask because concern of violating the ToU is the prime reason I have not ever used it.

Using oQueue does not violate the terms of service, no.

We do want to provide some options for group leaders to put some restrictions for who can and can't request to join their group. We don't want to do it in a way that encourages people to be too heavy-handed, but we also want to make the system easy and intuitive to use, and feel it's better for everyone if the system lets leaders be upfront about who they're willing to bring along.

Basically, we want to avoid a situation where you can be invited to a group and then immediately be kicked when the leader inspects your gear and finds you're 10 item levels lower than he or she is looking for (and then have to repeat that process until you eventually either find a group that will bring you or give up entirely). We'd rather do our best to make sure you only see groups that you've actually got a shot at running with :)

댓글

Ruhig의 댓글

on 2013-12-06T11:33:10-06:00

6.0 is really turning out to be the "quality of life" expansion I've been wanting for quite some time! I'm less interested in the story of Draenor, and more interested in the fiddly bits like the Group Browser, Garrison, and bag changes.

Juliahno의 댓글

on 2013-12-06T12:11:16-06:00

when with 5.4.2 come out

sickhammer의 댓글

on 2013-12-06T14:25:33-06:00

i want that Group Finder so bad... i'm sick of OQ cause it's too glitchy...

stym의 댓글

on 2013-12-06T15:54:45-06:00

So basically, oqueue on steroids, no addon hassle about it, no sudden update or bug?yes, please.

theslyrover의 댓글

on 2013-12-06T15:57:39-06:00

ItemsPlayers are now able to mail account-bound items to other characters that reside on a different realm on the same account. To send cross-realm mail: enter the character's name, followed by a hyphen "-", followed by the realm name. Note that cross-realm mail can only send account-bound items, not other items or gold.

Not a bad temp. solution until the WoD xpac collections system goes into effect. Looking forward to this feature!

Chronios의 댓글

on 2013-12-07T02:54:13-06:00

If the developers are using oQueue then they are doing something wrong.

Zuji의 댓글

on 2013-12-07T04:30:52-06:00

If the developers are using oQueue then they are doing something wrong.

wolfcub11의 댓글

If the developers are using oQueue then they are doing something wrong.

Than if they are doing something wrong, its a good thing they are doing something to make it right...Like the group finder. Ideas are made to be improved upon.

drhuntwow의 댓글

on 2013-12-07T18:50:37-06:00

I wish we could have cross realm guilds. Would be cool but there is the whole economy thing to worry about and not having a guild bank would be kinda lame. But still I can hope.

Knight2006의 댓글

on 2013-12-08T11:31:13-06:00

6.0 is really turning out to be the "quality of life" expansion I've been wanting for quite some time! I'm less interested in the story of Draenor, and more interested in the fiddly bits like the Group Browser, Garrison, and bag changes.

Amen, my friend!

Reddragonmeta의 댓글

on 2013-12-08T22:02:14-06:00

Is this the patch with Kara changes, or is that 6.0?

Adamsm의 댓글

on 2013-12-08T22:04:19-06:00

Is this the patch with Kara changes, or is that 6.0?

This one..but all that's been done is cleaning it up, no actual new content in there.

And that patch is Tuesday.

korthas의 댓글

on 2013-12-08T22:18:33-06:00

Tuesday

regma의 댓글

on 2013-12-09T02:46:48-06:00

"you could start a group for running laps in Dalaran...".

Alright. Now I can find others with time on their hands. lol

aessae의 댓글

on 2013-12-09T08:02:37-06:00

Mammoth train inc?

lonewolfe31705의 댓글

on 2013-12-09T09:02:29-06:00

I can't believe they are changing intervene after all these years. Now you take the only class that stands a chance against a frost mage in arenas and turn them into garbage. GG Blizzard GG.

sphinkx의 댓글

on 2013-12-09T09:33:23-06:00

I can't believe they are changing intervene after all these years. Now you take the only class that stands a chance against a frost mage in arenas and turn them into garbage. GG Blizzard GG.

There will be a talent you can choose to break the movement impairment, so you loose nothing...

badcotton99의 댓글

on 2013-12-10T06:11:29-06:00

My friend and i have been farming heirlooms for the past 3-4 days preparing for this cant wait to start leveling alts on other realms after school

Juliuscaesar의 댓글

on 2013-12-10T09:20:47-06:00

I want to re-Roll on Tichondrious because there is no baddies on there but a few people (mostly Gladiators) Me and my friend are rerollin becuz ppl acutally have skill + BoA's Are cross realm.

Interest의 댓글

on 2013-12-10T14:03:40-06:00

6.0 is really turning out to be the "quality of life" expansion I've been wanting for quite some time! I'm less interested in the story of Draenor, and more interested in the fiddly bits like the Group Browser, Garrison, and bag changes.

To be fair Mists had some of this. It did some work towards refining the Raid Finder system and the like (even though there's still quite a ways to go in that regard).

If the developers are using oQueue then they are doing something wrong.

If an idea is good it's bad to use it? This isn't anything new. WoW devs have had a track history of taking some of the most innovative or prolific addon designs and implementing them straight into the game. This is also the case with some other games as well.